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  • Jeremy hunt agrees to “think again” about restriction of duty of candour

    November 19, 2013

    The so called “Duty of Candour” – one of the flagship policies announced today by Jeremy Hunt in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire –  is to be re-thought following pressure from AvMA.  AvMA and other patients’ groups were furious that the duty of candour – a legal duty on healthcare organisations to […]

  • New offence of “wilful neglect”

    November 16, 2013

    Watch AvMA CEO, Peter Walsh’s BBC Interview.

  • Duty of candour “on a knife-edge”

    November 13, 2013

    AvMA is concerned as to whether the Government will press ahead with controversial plans to limit the Duty of Candour to only fatal and very severe cases of harm.  Efforts are being made to persuade Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, otherwise before he makes his full resonse to the Francis report on Tuesday 19th November, […]

  • Northern Ireland public inquiry hears evidence on need for duty of candour

    November 11, 2013

    At the request of the public inquiry into hyponatraemia-related deaths, Peter Walsh gave evidence to the inquiry in Belfast on 11th November for the whole morning.  The chairman was particularly interested to hear the rationale for a Duty of Candour and practical considerations about complaints handling.

  • Call for duty of candour in Ireland

    November 4, 2013

    AvMA hosted a conference jointly with the Medical Injuries Alliance in Dublin today.  A range of speakers made the case for guaranteed openness with patients/families when things go wrong, including first hand accounts of families who had not been dealt with openly.

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